With foreign media banned, a four-day visit offers a rare account of daily life, war and public mood inside Iran
Residents attend the funeral of Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib in Tehran, last week. “The system continues to function” Credit: AFP
A few days ago, Russian journalist Ruslan Suleymanov was briefly detained by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the northwestern city of Tabriz. Within minutes, he was released – but only after security personnel demanded (…)